Anthony J. D'Angelo Quotes

At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still wants to reform the world, but he know he can't.

I do think about aging. I have those moments of panic and vanity, but life keeps getting better, so you can't worry about it too much.

You never expect anything when you are 20 because you think that you'll never get older.

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.

I'm so old, I don't buy green bananas any more.

If you haven't turned rebel by twenty you've got no heart; if you haven't turned establishment by thirty you've got no brains!

I'm amazed. When I was 40, I thought I'd never make 50. And at 50 I thought the frosting on the cake would be 60. At 60, I was still going strong and enjoying everything.

Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.

Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life.

I've been a 90-year-old man since I was 12 years old.

I really feel better about aging at the age of 86 than I did at 70.

When I was younger, I took life much more seriously.

The young were always theoretical; only the middle-aged could realize the deadliness of principles.

The ordinariness of living to be old is too novel a thing to appreciate.

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

When I was younger, I was somewhat of an idealist. I guess I'm a little bit more of a realist now. I think there's a lot that can be done to make the world a better place, but it's more about choosing your battles.

The fear of old age is something that one feels when they're younger. Once you get to being old, you're already there, so you don't even think about it anymore.

All of my friends are my age and we are all ageing at the same time. We talk about it and moan, but it doesn't bother me.

I promised a lot of people I'd slow down when I turned 80.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

When I was young, I could not imagine being old. My mother said, and the doctor confirmed, that I had an unusual amount of energy; and it followed me into young adulthood.

The more the years go by, the more difficult it gets. I'm getting old.

The aging process is totally minimizing. Life in general is pretty minimizing because you have a lot of big ideas, and you have to battle the mistaken delusions and instability that come with youth.

How are we supposed to get old? What am I supposed to do? Am I supposed to get old? My kids tell me, 'We want you to look like a grandmother.' I agree with them. I want to look like a grandmother.